Navajo Missions Inc.

04/22/2025

Update to info regarding donations for funeral expenses. Crissy, Katherine’s daughter has designated a family member to receive donations through VENMO. The VENMO QR code can be found below in the photos in this post. The four digit confirmation code is 5119.

Dear friends of Navajo Missions,

We received a text from Kathy, a sister in Christ on the Reservation. Katherine Smith of the Cornfields Church and Steamboat Community, passed away Sunday 4/20/2025. She had pneumonia and was hospitalized in Albuquerque. Please join us in praying for the Cornfields Church and Katherine’s family.

Needed donations would be welcomed to help her family with funeral expenses. I am communicating with Kathy on how we can contribute.

05/21/2023

Kathy (Tabaha) Chee called today to let us know her husband Calvin Chee has passed away. Please pray for their family and also the Cornfields Church. Calvin was dedicated to his family and the renovation of the church and will be greatly missed.

05/18/2022

Five of 12 packs of devotionals " OUR DAILY BREAD" mailed to sites on the Navajo Reservation. Total of 230 booklets. Continuing to share God's
Word with the 'Dine'.

05/02/2022

In June, 1984 (38 years ago)this wooden plaque(thanks to my late wife, Shirley)
with names of all adults that attended our first VBS
Class at the Klagetoh Baptist Church in Arizona.
Elizabeth Benally
Vangi Yellowhorse
Mary Curley, Junie Long
Mary Long, Irene Roan
Mary Baldwin, Anita Joseph, Lillie Shirley
Rose Smith, Helen Brown
Nancy Chee, Rachel Brown
Pauline Nez, Janet Leo
Fannie Jaramillo
Katherine Long
Martha Leonard
Helen Newcomb
Anna Tapaha, Janeen Tapaha,
Charlene Brown
Debi Jaramillo
Laverne Billie
Kathleen Tsosie
The only male to attend
was Patrick Leo
as a babe in arms.
Within 5 years the men's class in attendance was in excess of 10.
Look for more pictures to come. Just as a reminder
as what GOD is capable of doing with willing hands.
Blessings. Gene Kennedy

11/30/2021

04/26/2021

Friends of Navajo Missions. We were notified yesterday that Dave Cardot, our good friend and fellow short term missionary, passed into Glory yesterday. Dave joined us with the Central Church Collierville, Tennessee team. He was much loved. He faithfully served as a summer missionary ‘against all odds’ health wise. We celebrate his life and picture heaven and the “well done my good and faithful servant” he received as he passed over into eternity with his Savior!

12/26/2020

Dear friends of Navajo Missions,

On September 7, 2018 we posted about an issue with the ministry’s tax exempt status. God has shown favor and we have been granted tax exemption status retroactive to 2010. We are thankful.

Gene Kennedy continues to stay in touch with Navajo friends and reach out to them in friendship and love by providing Daily Bread devotionals and regular personal communication by phone, text and social media. Others in the ministry maintain relationships also. At this time visits to the Reservation are not an option as they are under stringent restriction due to Covid-19.

Years of travel there have brought many
people’s lives together in brotherly and sisterly love. If you have ever communicated with our Navajo friends please remember now and reach out to them. They need to know we still care. Just today in conversation with one sister, she mentioned she used to speak to people from the Navajo Missions ministry from time to time but has not in a long time. She was alone today on Christmas Day.

Gene Kennedy is in leadership of the board of directors now. Keith Stubblefield is on the board. There are no plans for trips at this point or in the immediate future. God has us in his hand and we will follow his direction related to future ministry efforts.

Receiving our tax exempt status makes it possible now to receive monetary donations to the ministry to be used however God leads. If you choose to donate, checks should be made payable and mailed as follows:

Navajo Missions Inc.
PO Box 1173
Collierville, TN 38027

We will stay in touch with future ministry developments.

Blessings!

08/28/2020

Update on donation building workday - NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 - 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Need help anytime during those hours to sort and pack the remaining donations into boxes to be picked up by Salvation Army on September 24. Come and stay the whole time or as much time as you can spare.

First Baptist Church Fisherville
11893 Macon Road
Eads, TN 38028

06/08/2020

Look! For those of you who traveled with us to the Rez in years past you may remember we would stop in Grants, NM for our last Wal-Mart supplies and then eat at First Street Cafe. It was always such a warm welcome by the owner who would keep the restaurant open for us and the food was delicious. When Keith went through in October 2018 on the way to the Rez for a firewood trip there was a business closed sign on the door and it was so sad even though the owner had told us on an earlier trip it was going to happen soon. So today in the car on a long road trip I started thinking about those days and the particular memory of First Street Cafe. I googled the address and found that another restaurant opened in that location shortly after they closed. I’ve attached the link. Who knows? Maybe we’ll visit there again some day! Kim Stubblefield

https://m.facebook.com/CocinaCamachoFoodTruck/

Cocina Camacho is now a restaurant. It was the red taco food truck but now business has expanded and

03/01/2019

Navajo Missions will have an update soon regarding the non-profit status situation and our activity on the Reservation this summer. An email will go out to our contact list and we will post that email on this page also.

02/10/2019

We received a call from our sister in Christ Connie Ratcliff this morning. Our precious brother Steve left this messy old earth for heaven this morning. We will update when we know arrangements.